Western Border Football League

Western Border Football League
General Information
Founded 1964
Records
Highest Score 289 - North Gambier 44.25.289 (v Heywood 2.3.15) - 1999
Most goals in a game 21 - Tim Williamson - Casterton (v Coleraine) - 1993
Most goals in a season 136 – Robbie Lawson – East Gambier - 1982
Most wins in a row 38 - South Gambier 1996-1998
Most losses in a row 50 - Heywood 1999-2001
Most flags in a row 5 - South Gambier 1996-2000

The Western Border Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Lower South East region of South Australia, and south-western border region of Victoria. It is an affiliated member of the South Australian National Football League and the Victorian Football League. The league is commonly regarded as the premier country football league in South Australia, and a leading country Victorian league.

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Brief history

In 1964 the Western District Football League in Victoria and the South-East & Border Football League in South Australia merged to form the Western Border Football League. The founding 12 clubs were Casterton, Coleraine, East Gambier, Hamilton, Hamilton Imperials, Heywood, Millicent, North Gambier, Penola, Portland, South Gambier and West Gambier.[1][2]

Penola left and joined the Kowree-Naracoorte Football League in 1988, Coleraine left and joined the South West District Football League in 1995, leaving the 10 teams that are in the competition today. Some famous players that have played in the Western Border Football League have been Billy Picken, Matthew Clarke, Nick Daffy, Nathan Lovett-Murray and John Mossop.

In 2011 the Heywood Football Club left the Western Border Football League due to the club feeling it had not been as successful as other clubs in the league. Their first application to leave was rejected. Then were forced to go to higher levels VCFL to resolve issues between the League and the Heywood Football Netball Club.

Current

Jumper Club Nickname Years in comp WBFL Premierships Premiership Years
Casterton Cats 1964- 2 1969, 1990
East Gambier Bulldogs 1964- 8 1965, 1972-3, 1975-6, 1982-3, 1988
Hamilton Magpies 1964- 4 1968, 1970, 1981, 2004
Hamilton Imperials Bulldogs 1964- 6 1977-8, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2001
Millicent Saints 1964- 1 1984
North Gambier Tigers 1964- 4 1964, 1979, 1987, 1989
Portland Tigers 1964- 8 1966, 1985-6, 1991, 2003, 2006-7-8
South Gambier Demons 1964- 11 1972, 1992, 1994, 1996-7-8-9-10, 2002, 2005, 2009
West Gambier Roos 1964- 3 1971, 2010, 2011

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Timeline


Win/loss record

Club Active Total games Wins Losses Draws Percentage wins Flags
Casterton 1964–2011 946 397 543 6 41.97% 2
Coleraine 1964–1994 620 220 397 3 35.48% 1
East Gambier 1964–2011 1001 638 352 11 63.74% 8
Hamilton 1964–2011 957 501 451 5 52.35% 4
Imperials 1964–2011 973 525 443 5 53.96% 6
Heywood 1964–2011 930 230 696 4 24.73% 0
Millicent 1964–2011 944 426 515 3 45.13% 1
North Gambier 1964–2011 1005 616 382 7 61.29% 4
Penola 1964-1987 481 169 310 2 35.14% 0
Portland 1964–2011 993 627 358 8 63.14% 8
South Gambier 1964–2011 998 665 338 5 66.63% 11
West Gambier 1964–2011 938 356 575 7 37.95% 3

2008 Ladder

Western Border FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Portland 16 0 2 0 2018 1126 179.22% 64
Imperials 13 0 5 0 1682 1259 133.60% 52
Hamilton 12 0 6 0 1892 1225 154.45% 48
South Gambier 12 0 6 0 1718 1256 136.78% 48
East Gambier 12 0 6 0 1729 1396 123.85% 48
North Gambier 11 0 7 0 1824 1461 124.85% 44
Millicent 6 0 12 0 1237 1556 79.50% 24
West Gambier 5 0 13 0 1471 1924 76.46% 20
Casterton 3 0 15 0 1207 1783 67.69% 12
Heywood 0 0 18 0 786 2478 31.72% 0

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination East Gambier 15 11 101 South Gambier 11 15 81
Qualifying Imperials 14 10 94 Hamilton 11 18 84
1st Semi East Gambier 19 12 126 Hamilton 8 4 52
2nd Semi Portland 15 14 104 Imperials 6 17 53
Preliminary Imperials 13 14 92 East Gambier 9 12 66
Grand Portland 13 15 93 Imperials 10 12 72

2009 Ladder

Western Border FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
South Gambier 16 0 2 0 2165 1192 181.63% 64
Portland 15 0 3 0 1906 1155 165.02% 60
East Gambier 15 0 3 0 1893 1170 161.79% 60
Imperials 10 0 8 0 1634 1412 115.72% 40
North Gambier 9 0 9 0 2058 1507 136.56% 36
Casterton 8 0 10 0 1478 1894 78.04% 32
Millicent 8 0 10 0 1583 1546 102.39% 32
Hamilton 6 0 12 0 1415 1897 74.59% 24
West Gambier 3 0 15 0 1184 2167 54.64% 12
Heywood 0 0 18 0 990 2366 41.84% 0

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination North Gambier 13 9 87 Imperials 11 13 79
Qualifying East Gambier 8 9 57 Portland 4 11 35
1st Semi North Gambier 9 7 61 Portland 4 10 34
2nd Semi East Gambier 14 10 94 South Gambier 13 13 91
Preliminary South Gambier 14 13 97 North Gambier 14 9 93
Grand South Gambier 12 11 83 East Gambier 9 12 66

2010 Ladder

Western Border FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
Millicent 14 0 4 0 1579 1217 129.75% 56
South Gambier 13 0 5 0 1925 1283 150.04% 52
West Gambier 13 0 5 0 1762 1398 126.04% 52
Portland 12 0 6 0 1769 1198 147.66% 48
North Gambier 12 0 6 0 1876 1292 145.20% 48
Heywood 9 0 9 0 1695 1573 107.76% 36
East Gambier 8 0 10 0 1561 1541 101.30% 32
Casterton 4 0 14 0 1207 1885 64.03% 16
Hamilton 3 0 15 0 1130 2071 54.56% 12
Imperials 2 0 16 0 925 1971 46.93% 8

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination Portland 13 10 88 North Gambier 8 13 61
Qualifying South Gambier 14 18 102 West Gambier 18 11 119
1st Semi South Gambier 15 14 104 Portland 9 6 60
2nd Semi West Gambier 7 8 50 Millicent 2 6 18
Preliminary Millicent 10 7 67 South Gambier 3 12 30
Grand West Gambier 11 6 72 Millicent 10 9 69

2011 Ladder

Western Border FL Wins Byes Losses Draws For Against % Pts
West Gambier 16 0 2 0 2320 1402 165.48% 64
Portland 15 0 3 0 2426 1030 235.53% 60
North Gambier 13 0 5 0 2182 1377 158.46% 52
South Gambier 13 0 5 0 1897 1351 140.41% 52
East Gambier 10 0 7 1 1777 1530 116.14% 42
Hamilton 7 0 10 1 1733 1740 99.60% 30
Millicent 7 0 11 0 1245 1623 76.71% 28
Imperials 6 0 12 0 1411 1814 77.78% 24
Casterton 2 0 16 0 1176 2034 57.82% 8
Heywood 0 0 18 0 709 2975 23.83% 0

FINALS

Final Team G B Pts Team G B Pts
Elimination South Gambier 13 7 85 East Gambier 8 7 55
Qualifying Portland 16 16 112 North Gambier 10 8 68
1st Semi North Gambier 15 10 100 South Gambier 8 9 57
2nd Semi West Gambier 13 16 94 Portland 12 1 73
Preliminary North Gambier 15 10 100 Portland 11 16 82
Grand West Gambier 16 21 117 North Gambier 9 14 68

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